Live Auction 9502Christie's Interiors
A CONTINENTAL SILVER AND ENAMEL CIGARETTE CASE
Lot 126

A CONTINENTAL SILVER AND ENAMEL CIGARETTE CASE

STAMPED "900" ONLY, CIRCA 1920

Closed8 October 2013

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GBP 1,125

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A CONTINENTAL SILVER AND ENAMEL CIGARETTE CASE
STAMPED "900" ONLY, CIRCA 1920
Cover enamelled with a nude stepping into a bath as she admires herself in a mirror, her red shoes poking out from under a curtain and signed Reznicek, gilt interior erngraved with monogram AZ and inscribed Dresden, Mai 1923, with two elasticated straps to interior
3¼ in. (8.5 cm.) high

Sold with the original receipt from Bernhard Schäfer of Dresden dated 15.5.23

Specialist note

Ferdinand von Reznicek(1868-1909) was an Austrian painter, caricaturist and illustrator, born to a noble Austrian family of Czech origin.